Dear Sir or Madam,
I hope you are doing well. I am writing to you regarding your recently published article, in which you discuss the similarity of town centres across the country, and even claim they resemble each other.
To begin, I agree with most of the points you mentioned about town centres in Kazakhstan. Firstly, the majority of them were built in the Soviet era, as well as most towns, cities and villages during the industrialisation of the 1930s. Secondly, a typical town centre is full of stores, malls, restaurants and administrative buildings, and life goes there mostly during the day. Finally, they have no residential districts or any sort of housing.
However, I firmly believe that most town/city centres still differ from each other. I currently reside in Kostanay, and I must admit that our town centre has its own unique characteristics. For instance, people are always there, either for work or leisure, because it combines dining establishments, nightclubs, shopping malls and state buildings, so you can see people all the time. That is not the case for Astana or Almaty. Their city centres are empty after the working day due to the presence of only administrative buildings and several cafes, which only serve state workers during the day and are closed right after their shift.
I would like to invite you to take a trip to Kostanay. It would be my pleasure to give you a guided tour of my hometown and show you all its unique places. Moreover, while doing that, we could discuss the differences between town/city centres in other towns/cities of our republic.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Kairbay Tumanov